Unit 6 English 9 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Bondage

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Noun slavery, any state of being bound or held down

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Atone

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Verb to make up for

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Credible

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Adjective. believable

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Defray

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Verb to pay for

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Diligent

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Adjective hardworking, industrious, not lazy

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Doleful

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Adjective. sad,dreary

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Ghastly

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Adjective. frightful, horrible, deathly pale

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Hamper

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Verb to hold back

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Hew

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Verb. to shape or cut down with an ax, to hold to

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Impoverished

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Adjective poor, in a state of poverty, depleted given to

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Incessant

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Adjective. never stopping, going on all the time

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Intricate

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Adjective. complicated, difficult to understand

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Lucid

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Additive easy to understand, clear, rational, sane

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Posthumous

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Adjective. occurring or publish after death

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prim

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Adjective. overly neat, precise, proper or formal, prudish

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Sardonic

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Adjective. Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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Superfluorspar

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Adjective. exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

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Supplant

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Verb to take place of, supersede

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Taunt

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Verb to jeer at, mock

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Tenacious

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Adjective. holding fast, holding together firmly, persistent